Emberlit Stove

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nwmanitou,

Great looking stove. Sadly I just bought a wood stove... but yours looks more appropriate for the places I go (as you said open fire is unwise/illegal in many places/situation. I love the base plate.) Also, the price is nice. So in spite of my possession of a new stove... I hope you'll mail mine quickly. =D

God bless,
Adam
 
nwmanitou said:
Thanks Montana Blade... I'm gonna guess who this may be... you drove mako back to missoula right? Hehe.

Thanks for the compliment on the stove. I do love simplicity in design. Ah, I am currently trying to source titanium for my manufacturer. Purely exploratory at the moment. So far I haven't been able to find what I'm looking for at a decent price.

-Mikhail
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That's who I be.
 
At the moment the stoves comes in a 4 mil resealable bag (think ziplock). With care it'll last a few outings at least. I'm in the process of sourcing some more durable cases for the stove. I may end up sewing them myself.

I'm going to test both a nylon bag and one made from duck cloth. The duck cloth may have a double use as a cleaning rag for the stove. When I have cases available I'll have them up on the site for sale.
 
Excited to get mine. Hopefully it'll arrive right around the same time as the Zebra billy I ordered.
 
[video=youtube;LJ_kxkiuyu8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ_kxkiuyu8&lc[/video]

I want to apologize up front about this. My scale was off, but I still should have double checked it.
 
I received my stove today in the mail as well. It came just as described, in a heavy duty clear plastic bag with instructions of use and installation. Being a guy, I skimmed over that, grabbed the stove and went outside to start a fire!

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This is a close up of how the corners fit. I was pretty impressed with how tight a fit it was.
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Here is the stove and my Snowpeak mini solo and SS nalgene bottle.
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As you can see, small 3" ish size containers dont fit well. In the future, I might cut slots out of the middle "peaks" and insert a tent stake to stablize the container. As is stands now, I got some small mesh wire and cut a square the same size as the bottom plate to serve this purpose.
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Here is a trianga pot. It fits perfectly and is very stable.
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Here's the primary pot I bought this stove for; the Mors Bushpot. It also fits extremely well.

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more to follow....
 
Starting the fire!
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I placed 2 cups of tap water in the pot. I know this isnt creek water cold, but it is standard for how I tested a sterno stove a month ago. This stove boiled 2 cups in 7:55. I think thats very good, and the encouraging thing is I didnt have a great fire. It died out half way due to me not letting the smaller twigs burn before I started the timer and not having the stove fully loaded with larger wood chunks. The sterno stove took somewhere in the neighborhood of 14 mins.
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Rolling boil!

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Almost smoke free. I was very impressed by this.
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Overall, my initial impressions: I am extremely happy with this stove. Awesome attention to detail, great service. sturdy construction, made in the USA!!!! and cuts down on the smoke. It also packs down small and really performs almost as good or better than an alcohol stove without the dependence on carrying the fuel. But the best pro by far has to be the price. I would highly recommend this stove to others.
The cons are that it is not super light weight, weighing in at 11 oz, and the fact that smaller containers really are unstable without some sort of mod or work around. Still, this is my first time using it and I am bound to continue to find better mods from smarter folks like you!
 
Thanks very much for the review Milani. It is greatly appreciated. You're pictures are beautiful, and I was wondering if I may use some on the website? I'm going to work on a slight redesign to see if I can shed a little weight. Part of that will probably include making the top slightly smaller so it will fit the GSI cups and nalgenes. One trick a friend of mine tried was pressing his pot into the stove ever so slightly. The metal is springy enough to hold the pot in place.
 
Thanks for the great customer service and fantastic product. Go right ahead and use any of my photos bud. Keep up the great work.
 
Great review
Seems these are selling like hotcakes! :)

If I were you nwmanitou
I would click here http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/payments.php
and spend the 25or 50 bucks to become a paying member,
(they ave a rule of Gold membership or better to sell here)
I know this wasnt started as a selling thread,but we are
gear whores and you post something cool
and we will buy it!

Im gonna order mine very soon :) :thumbup: :)
nice stove Mikhail!
 
nwmanitou,

Was just catching back up on the thread here. I really appreciate your honesty there in the video. I'm not an ounce counter, so it doesn't affect me all that much. Either way, good on you, and best of luck with your stoves. I'm looking forward to the postman dropping mine off.

God bless,
Adam
 
milani74 said:
As you can see, small 3" ish size containers dont fit well. In the future, I might cut slots out of the middle "peaks" and insert a tent stake to stablize the container. As is stands now, I got some small mesh wire and cut a square the same size as the bottom plate to serve this purpose.
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Here's the primary pot I bought this stove for; the Mors Bushpot. It also fits extremely well.

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You might try bending the middle supports inward to hold smaller pots/cups. Sides will still stack if bent about the same amount.

What is the hose clamp on the Mors Bushpot for?

I just got mine and am anxious to try it out.
 
That is an excellent suggestion Fugawee. I will buy a gold membership by the weekend. Thank you Mods for allowing the thread to continue this long.


A friend of mine actually shoved his pot ever so slightly into the stove. The tabs at the top are springy enough that they held the pot in place. Might work for ya.
 
My Emberlit came today so I thought I would give it a review. I took it out of the zip lock and tried to assemble it as shown on the video. It went together fine until I had to torque it for the last connection when I notice the edges were a little sharp from the die cutting. I took it apart and beveled the edges with some sandpaper and tried again. I went together fine but when I tried to disassemble it seem to hang up on something. I got it apart and noticed a very small bump about a half inch above the upward facing lower tab. This was catching the mating tab when I tried to take it apart. Again I assume due to the die cutting. A few quick licks with a diamond hone and everything fine. I took about 10 minutes and no big deal.

Below is a picture of my wood stoves for size reference.

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First is a steel sterno stove that weighs 9.5 ounces and cost $10.
Second is the stainless steel Trail Stove that weighs 11.75 ounces and cost $25.
Third is the stainless steel Emberlit that weighs 11.25 ounces and costs $35.
Fourth is the stainless Canadian Bushbuddy stove at 6.5 ounces and costs $95.
Fourth is the aluminum Backwoods Boiler that weighs 9.75 ounces and costs $100.

I forgot to include the Vargo titanium stove shown below which weighs 3.75 ounces and costs $50.

All of them have "chimney" effect for good burning except the sterno stove which is basically a controlled campfire with grate.

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I fired it up and boiled two cups of water in an open NATO mug. I was just glancing at my watch for time but it had bubbles at 5 minutes, definite boil at 6 minutes and the picture was taken at 7 minutes. I tried to take the mug off the stove with a paper towel around the handle to keep from burning my fingers. Not a good idea as the towel burst into flames.

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The stove performed as advertised. It is very convenient to just slide big sticks in as compared to dropping small twigs in the Bushbuddy, Boiler and Vargo stoves. It burns very well once it gets going. Definitely hotter than the smaller Bushbuddy and Vargo stoves. All in all I really like this stove. Compact, works well and a fair price. :thumbup:
 
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